July 6: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
July 6, 2026
“Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.” — former President George W. Bush, who was born on this day in 1946.
“Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.” — former President George W. Bush, who was born on this day in 1946.
“Without promotion, something terrible happens … nothing!” — showman P.T. Barnum, who was born on this day in 1810.
In 1976, an Israeli commando unit staged a raid on the Entebbe airport in Uganda and rescued 103 hostages on a hijacked Air France airliner.
The U.S. Constitution went into effect on this day in 1788. Cyrus Griffin of Virginia, the president of Congress, announced the ratification.
he U.S. Postal Service issued its first stamps on this day in 1847, honoring Benjamin Franklin on the five-cent stamp.
Lena Horne was born on this day in 1917. The Bedford-Stuyvesant native began singing with the chorus line at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
The Interstate highway system was established on this day in 1956 when President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill.
ON THIS DAY IN 1846, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Everybody knows and therefore need not be informed that this is the day appointed for billing, cooing, and billet-doux-ing, generally
ON THIS DAY IN 1886, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The Eagle Almanac for the current year, the first and the only Brooklyn almanac published, is now for sale and
ON THIS DAY IN 1861, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The president elect has spoken, and those who expected to find in his words an indication of his capacity to
ON THIS DAY IN 1878, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, died at No. 6 West Fifty-seventh street, on Saturday night, at the age of
ON THIS DAY IN 1905, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Thomas Adams, the inventor of the chewing gum made of chicle, extracted from zapote, a Mexican tree, died at his
ON THIS DAY IN 1861, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “It is probable that the fire alarm telegraph will soon be introduced into the city, the object being to sound
ON THIS DAY IN 1847, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published the following advertisement: “Relief for Ireland — The recent accounts by the steamer Hibernia from this ill-fated country of famine,
ON THIS DAY IN 1848, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “We understand that a troupe of so called ‘model artists’ intend giving a few exhibitions in this city. We trust
ON THIS DAY IN 1861, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Some of our contemporaries across the river are almost inclined to be envious of the good luck of Brooklyn in
ON THIS DAY IN 1886, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Those whose nerves can find tone in the grotesquely horrible, which is happily, in this case, the utterly impossible also,
ON THIS DAY IN 1915, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “In three weeks, with ceremonies entirely novel in character, the gates of the Panama-Pacific Exposition will be thrown open to
ON THIS DAY IN 1842, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “It was formerly the practice among physicians to use a cane with a hollow head, the top of which was gold,
ON THIS DAY IN 1854, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Printers Can Read Anything. – The above remark is often made by correspondents and advertisers, as an excuse for half
ON THIS DAY IN 1861, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Tomorrow, at one o’clock, the admirers of outdoor sports will be afforded a decidedly novel treat — nothing short of
ON THIS DAY IN 1862, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Rikers Island, in the East River, was last summer occupied by several regiments, who there received their first instructions in
ON THIS DAY IN 1883, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Last night a meeting was held in the Common Council Chamber of those interested in seeing rapid transit provided for
ON THIS DAY IN 1926, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Moscow, Jan. 16 (AP) — Russian workers and peasants are flocking by the scores of thousands to enjoy the dazzling
ON THIS DAY IN 1857, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “There is more ice in the East River at the present time than there has been for years previous; not
ON THIS DAY IN 1915, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported from Rome, “With every hour, as additional and more accurate details are received, the horror of yesterday’s earthquake increases, threatening
ON THIS DAY IN 1860, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “We learn with regret that the distinguished comedian, Wm. E. Burton, lies at his residence in Hudson Street, N.Y., in
ON THIS DAY IN 1948, the Eagle reported, “Jerusalem, Jan. 9 (U.P.) – Arab expeditionary forces, perhaps 2,000 strong, invaded Palestine from the Levant in a number of border crossings
ON THIS DAY IN 1918, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “President [Woodrow] Wilson today announced the American peace program in an address to Congress made on short notice. He declared
ON THIS DAY IN 1933, the Eagle reported, “The New York Stock Exchange, the Curb and other exchanges in the city were closed today as a mark of respect for
ON THIS DAY IN 1933, the Eagle reported, “Gov. Herbert H. Lehman recommended to the Legislature today that it enact legislation at this session to provide the machinery for licensing
ON THIS DAY IN 1944, the Eagle reported, “With a series of terrific blasts which rocked the entire metropolitan area, a United States destroyer blew apart and sank early this
ON THIS DAY IN 1953, the Eagle reported, “A strike of three small groups of dockworkers swept over the Brooklyn waterfront today [and] swiftly engulfed most of it. Detectives of
ON THIS DAY IN 1909, the Eagle reported, “Mayor [George] McClellan, at the head of a procession of automobiles, carriages and pedestrians, rode to Brooklyn this afternoon over a new
ON THIS DAY IN 1944, the Eagle reported, “Bastogne, Belgium, Dec. 27 (Delayed) (U.P.) – An American relief column has lifted the week-long German siege of encircled Bastogne, but the
ON THIS DAY IN 1947, the Eagle reported, “Eleven inches of blinding snow blanketed the city by noon today and the Weather Bureau forecast 15 inches before night. It was